Community Care and Health Third Sector Forum Wednesday 22 nd June pm 4pm Falkirk Fire Station. Falkirk and Clackmannanshire Carers Centre

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1 Community Care and Health Third Sector Forum Wednesday 22 nd June pm 4pm Falkirk Fire Station Present: Angela Price (AP) Claire Crossan (CC) Gary Connor (GC) Henrietta Black (HB) Jane Saren (JS) John Giovanacci (JG) Kay Wood (KW) Magi Mathieson (MM) Marc Bozza (MB) Pauline Seth (PS) Sharon Nedley (SN) Sheila Maxwell (SM) Susan High (SH) In Attendance: David Gardener (DG) (Chairperson) Megan Hamilton (MH) (Minute Taker) Nicola Cox (NC) (Support to Minute taker) Claire Bernard (CB) Frank McChord (FM) Jessie-Ann Malcolm (JAM) Apologies: Arun Gopinath (AG) David Cairns (DC) Derek Blues (DB) Gill Wilson (GW) Jane Robertson (JR) Jude Clarke (JC) Julie Shields (JS) Margaret Coutts (MC) Margaret Petherbridge (MP) May Chamberlain (MC) Meg de Amasi (MA) Morag Miller Thompson (MMT) Sandra Garner (SG) Susan Docherty (SD) Tracey Fullerton (TF) Wendy Sharp (WS) FDAMH Falkirk and Clackmannanshire Carers Centre Scottish Care Forth Valley Shaw Trust Cyrenians Make it Happen Forum Make it Happen Forum Penumbra RNIB Scotland Penumbra The Salvation Army Link Housing Association and Link Living Strathcarron Hospice Falkirk Council Central Scotland Regional Equality Scottish Health Council Heal the Whole of Me Scottish Ambulance Service Samaritans Falkirk Council Relationship Scotland Trendy Tribes The Conservation Volunteers Self Directed Support Forth Valley Advocacy

2 1. Welcome and Introductions The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting and asked everyone to give their introductions to the forum. 2. Apologies The apologies are noted above. 3. Minutes from Prior Meeting The Chair read an overview of the previous meeting minutes, previously CVS Falkirk s Community Care and Health Development Office had chaired the previous meeting and the position of Chair has now been taken on by DG of CVS Falkirk. The minutes of the last meeting held on Wednesday 23 rd March 2016 were agreed to be an accurate record. Proposed by: JAM Seconded by: CC. 5. Our Population will be Healthier Agenda item 5 was discussed next. The Chair gave a presentation over the health oriented theme within the Strategic Outcomes and Local Delivery (SOLD) Plan. There are 5 key sub-themes in the health theme; Reduce Health Inequalities. Increase Physical Activity Levels. Increase food skills and opportunities to access affordable, healthy food choices/activities in local communities. Reduce harm caused by substance use, including the consumption and use of alcohol, drugs and tobacco. Increase positive mental wellbeing. The new themes links in with some of the work undertaken by CCHF members. The new strategic subgroup will be led by Doctor Graham Foster at the Falkirk Council Municipal buildings. The Chair asked if there is anyone who like to be the forum representative to attend the Our Population will be Healthier strategy group meeting Wednesday 29 th June 2016 with the Chair as this will be his first meeting of the group. AP was interested in attending these meetings on behalf of her organisation FDAMH as the General Manager. 4. Presentation on Self Directed Support (SDS) Magi Mathieson (MM), Penumbra MM on behalf of Penumbra gave the forum an informative presentation on how Self Directed Support works and how it benefits service users. The following were some examples; One of their service user who has schizophrenia and wanted to have an art exhibition but due to stigma around mental health he felt he was unable to go forward with it. When he approached SDS he informed them of what they wanted to achieve. Working with social

3 workers together they managed to create a website full of different art work created by him and other associated service users with the help of SDS funding. He created and managed the website. With the success of the website he eventually managed to open his own art exhibition which helped reduce stigma. There was one service user who had mobility issues and contacted SDS regarding this. Together they managed to contact First Bus and help arrange for the service user to practise at the bus depot to ascend and descend the bus. Another service user who had scars due to self-harming had requested funding for a tattoo to hide their scars. She managed to achieve this and now has more confidence and lead to her being able to find a job. At Penumbra they support their service users with what they would like to do with SDS, it is all about choices and it s each service user s choice what the service users would like to do. 6. Presentation and Discussion on Community Care and Health Forum Survey Report and Recommendations The Chair gave a presentation to the forum about a survey he created and disturbed to people who are on the mailing list for this forum which includes third sector, private sector and public sector. This survey was sent on 20 th April 2016 and was available until 20 th May 2016 regarding the Community Care and Health forum to receive feedback and what the future holds for it. This report was produced and influenced by changes in both the policy environment in Health and Social Care, and changes in CVS Falkirk personnel. These were the key findings and requests discovered in the report: Would like to hear more information regarding the Leadership and Funding of Integration Joint Board. A more open forum to discuss issues and share knowledge and experiences. Whilst good, communications about the forum could be better. Times and location of meetings suit some but not all members. Meetings should be kept open to representatives of all sectors active in relevant areas of work. No respondent interested in role of forum Chair. The Chair gave 4 recommendations to forum on what to do now in the future of this forum. The recommendations were: Terms of Reference (ToR) to replace the existing constitution Strategic Group to support Chair and help design meeting agendas Membership - only third sector representatives can be third sector open invite to public and private sector representatives to attend as currently Agenda Hot topics to govern agenda items, along with set agenda items The Chair then went into discussion about the original constitution of this forum. The forums first constitution was created in 1997 and had a constitution from then later again from 2006

4 until present, however the second constitution doesn t hold a signed paper copy, the only existing one is the electronic copy of the constitution. 6.1 IJB Third Sector Representative A discussion around the Integrated Joint Board (IJB) and the third sector representative for the Falkirk District and area took place and the following was discussed; AP who also attends the IJB meetings as the third sector representative had some queries regarding the role of Third Sector Representative at the IJB meetings. AP believes that CVS Falkirk as a third sector representative have to formally sit on the IJB due to legislation by the Government that Falkirk has been given special dispensation due to legislation and that her role as representative is to elect a group to be representatives on the IJB. CB advised that her understanding of the role was different to AP s and will clarify the role of the third sector representative after the meeting. CB as Partnership Manager at CVS Falkirk explained her role and the four core functions of CVS Falkirk to the forum. Which are; Support Volunteering Organisation Support Support Social Enterprise Representation For representation CVS Falkirk only facilitate the third sector forums to allow organisations to come together and discuss topics within those certain forums, share experience, ideas and to communicate a two-way process between the CPP (Community Planning Partnership) and the third sector as it is CVS Falkirk s obligation as Falkirk s TSI (Third Sector Interface), whereas for the Voluntary Sector Children s Services Forum they attend their meetings and offer administrative support. AP also noted that updates from the IJB and the CPP have never been given to the forum, and she has not been approached to provide feedback as she believes it would be CVS Falkirk s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) role as a third sector representative of CVS Falkirk. Also that she has not seen any agenda items regarding what is said at the CCP meetings that CVS Falkirk is discussing on other third sectors behalf as believes the forum needs to invite a member of the CPP to give us a latest update. The feedback forum members have received is limited due to it being all technical but members present and of the public would like to see real results. The Chair responded to AP that the updates have previously been given to the forum regarding the CPP. He also suggested Hot Topics being a standing agenda item going forward. As CVS Falkirk s CEO is a member of the IJB she may not be able to attend these meetings, but she could possibly provide a written report to the forum. The forum gave a positive response to this suggestion and feel it would help bring a lot of relevant topics of discussion to the forum in the future.

5 6.2 Integrated Joint Board (IJB) SM suggested to the forum that updates from the IJB should be a standing agenda item to receive feedback. She also informed the forum that she read the IJB funding report from 3 rd June 2016 and discovered that 1.8 million had been underspent during 2015/2016. At the next meeting in September the IJB funding report will be given at the meeting. 6.3 Online Forums Regarding the dates and time of the forum meetings the Chair spoke about the online forums for all forums that would be available soon on the CVS Falkirk website, instead of the waiting period between meetings members will be able to access the online forum and post relevant information without the waiting period, if the subject is outstanding it will be carried over to the next meeting. The purpose of the online forums is to offer a new, complementary that allows those who attend meetings and those who are virtual members of the forum to interact and share information relating to the forum between meetings. The forums will also be used to help identify issues and areas of interest to include on meeting agendas. 6.4 Integrated Care Fund Review Services will be based in the community but need to be exposed to receive funding. A review of partnership funding is being carried out by the Chief Officer, the Health and Social Care Partnership and a monitoring officer are leading the review of partnership arrangements. There was a discussion around timelines for applications; the deadline for applications is Friday 12 th August 2016 with applications being discussed at the meeting on Friday 7 th October IJB Chief Officer It was suggested that Patricia Cassidy is the CEO for Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership may benefit from attending the CCHF meetings in future as she relatively new in her post and would be beneficial for forum members as well keeping up to date in the Falkirk District. The Chair will invite her to the September CCHF meeting. It was further suggested that the invitation is extended to Suzanne Thomson, Partnership Manager for the Falkirk Health & Social Care Partnership if Patricia is unable to attend due to other commitments. Action: The Chair to contact Patricia Cassidy to invite her to the September meeting. 6.6 Terms of Reference A discussion then took place regarding the constitution and the ToR. Forum members questioned why they need a constitution or a ToR for this forum. The Chair explained it s to give the forum structure, guide the forum and it s a written document informing what the forum is about and why only third sector members can vote and propose items Forum Arrangements It was suggested that when the dates for 2017 will be made, if possible to change some of the meetings in the morning and some on the afternoon to make it more convenient for members to attend the forum meetings in future. 6.8 Future of the Forum

6 The Chair highlighted to the forum that the underlying purpose of this third sector forum is to come together and share the important issues and relevant information to people who work in the Health and Social care side of things. The forum has been integrated for nearly 20 years with members from the third and public sector. The members who attend the forum are the ones who should raise what issues to be discussed and what they would like to benefit from attending this forum. A discussion took place around measure of success and what it looks like or mean within the forum. A forum member responded by telling the forum they measure their success by attending the CCHF meetings and making links with the forum members. The forum would like the Health and Social Care Integration to be successful with their partnerships to create new ideas that would be beneficial. 7. AOCB 7.1 The Chair told the forum Andrew Wilson who is the Community Planning Manager for Falkirk Council has requested to attend future forum meetings for the first 15 minutes to establish a link between Falkirk Council and the third sector due to the SOLD Plan and to talk about the CPP. 7.2 A forum member also suggested inviting Marlyn Gardiner from NHS to future meetings. The Chair agreed to invite her after the September meeting. Action: The Chair to contact Marlyn Gardiner and invited to future meetings. 8. Date of Future Meeting The next meeting will take place Wednesday 21 st September 2016 at the Falkirk Fire Station at 2pm 4pm.